Brick.



No. 833,455. PATEfiTED OCT. 16, 1906:

A. F. GERALD.

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APPLICATION FILED MAB.20. I905. RENEWED APR. 25, 1906 I i M 1 Imamuuuiwmniumusminunnmurmmwu;:0;um:u iumrimmu.imupxnm A 1? m 1M 1111 IIIUUUILIUH M 13 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMOS F. GERALD, OF FAIRFIELD, MAINE.

BRICK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 16, 1906.

Application filed March 20. 1905. Renewed April 25, 1906. Serial No. 313,682.

a resident of Fairfield, in the county of Kennebec and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bricks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to facings for bricks or stones intended primarily to be used for building construction; and it has for its obj ect the production of a metal cap or facing adapted to fit over an ordinary brick and to be secured thereto for the purpose of producing a plain or ornamental face to said brick, as may be desired.

It consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, which will be readily understood by reference to the description of the drawings and to the claims to be hereinafter given.

Of the drawings, Figure 1 represents an elevation of a facing or cap embodying the features of this invention. Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 represents a vertical section of the same on line 3 3 on Fig. 1. Fig. 4. represents a vertical section of a brick and a portion of another brick having facings or caps applied thereto; and Fig. 5 represents an elevation of a plurality of courses of bricks with facings or caps applied thereto, the lower course of which is shown with ornamental facings.

Similar characters designate like parts throughout the several figures of the drawlngs.

In the drawings, 10 represents an ordinary brick of usual construction.

11 is a metal facing or cap provided with flanges 12 12, adapted to fit over the sides of the brick 10. Each of the flanges 12 is provided with cut-away portions 13 of any suitable shape to form shoulders 14, which engage with the cement or other adhesive material 15, interposed between the inner face of said facing or cap 11 and the brick 10 to secure said cap rigidly thereto.

The facing 11 is provided with channels 16 17 at right angles to each other, which cooperate with the channels on the other facings when laid, as shown in Fig. 5, to represent the ordinary pointing between bricks. The facings may have pressed therein any suitable designs 18, which may be of any form or configuration desired.

There are many advantages in the use of bricks having metallic facings, as herein shown. One of the principal advantages is in the cost of transportation. These facings 1 1 may be made of any form or shape desired and packed in small compass, being nested together, and upon arrival at the point where the building is to be constructed the facings may be applied to any ordinary brick to be found in that locality, the facings 11 being secured thereto by any suitable adhesive material.

Owing to the fact that the only exposed surface will be that of the facing, the cheap est kind of a brick can be used in the construction of the building. Ornamental courses may likewise be used in the construction without change of the bricks themselves. This makes a great economy in transportation, as where face and ornamental bricks have to be transported for a considerable distance the expense is very great. Moreover, in the laying of the bricks provided with a metal face, as herein shown, a building can be constructed which would be absolutely water-tight and impervious to moisture. Where desired, the facings maybe nickeled or treated to any other metallic finish for use in kitchens, fireplaces, &c., while in the case of bath-rooms, toilets, and other similar places the facings may be enameled or treated in some similar manner.

It is believed that with the foregoing the invention and the advantages thereof will be thoroughly understood without any further description.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim- 1. A facing for bricks consisting of a metal plate provided with flanges adapted to fit over the edges of the brick, the face of said plate being rovided near two of its edges with channe s at right angles to each other.

2. A facing for bricks consisting of a plate provided with flanges adapted to fit over the edges of the brick the face of said plate being provided near two of its edges with channels at right angles to each other.

Signed by me at Boston, Massachusetts, this 10th day of March, 1905.

. AMOS F. GERALD.

Witnesses:

WALTER E. LOMBARD, EDNA O. CLEVELAND. 

